A fast-paced family game of choice and chance Up North is a linear game for 2 to 5 players, where people of varying backgrounds race to the finish with the most money. The board is a simple linear style path with a few shortcuts, allowing players to choose a more profitable or quicker path to the finish. Each player has a deck of event cards they draw from...
A children's roll and move game combined with a touch of dexterity. The game board is a huge ladder, the playing pieces are little men carrying sacks on their backs. Each player has four of these with four different sack colors. Driven by dice, these men walk up (and occasionally down) the ladder, trying to reach the top. When three men stand on the same...
Horse racing game. Looks lovely but it is just a roll and moove game. The board is unusual, consisting of cards which, if laid out in the correct order, form a track. Each player is given a supply of counters (not included in the game). 5 counters per player are placed into the Pool. This will be the prize if you reach the end first. When you move, if you...
In Uppdrag Skaraborg the players will travel through the county of Skaraborg, visit eleven cities and buy houses etc. using money and by answering questions. To win the game you need at least two "houses" in two different areas, and money left so you can buy the endtest-card in the town you where starting from. The question categories in the game are in...
The Upside Down Kingdom is a cooperative, family-friendly game that blends the simplicity of Candy Land and Chutes and Ladders with more strategic mechanics like card matching, milestone jumping, and light deck management. Players advance by rolling the die and moving their pawn along a spiral pathway. The space that they land on determines their action....
A modern interpretation of the first recorded game, inspired by archeological discoveries. The Royal Game of Ur is an epic ancient board game that has been around since 2600 BCE. It came into being as a court game in the ancient Mesopotamia. The game has a 3×8 grid board with 20 squares. The dice used are typically D4, with some alternative solutions...
This two to four-player race game uses a Mehen board (a spiral of 64 squares). The designer kept the random aspect (which he's done otherwise only with his Pharao game), but used a standard die instead of the Ancient Egyptian throwing sticks. Each player has three pieces which he tries to bring all the way in to the serpent's head. I don't think you can...